Performance

The best laid plans can go awry and with over 190 events to organise we have had a challenge or two. Occasionally performers, exhibitors or venues need to change. These are a few alterations as of 15th September:

TREE is an interactive first opera for 0-2 year olds and their carers with music by Debussy, Delibes and Monteverdi as well as familiar nursery rhymes and specially written songs. Hurly Burly invites you and your baby on a multisensory journey through a year in the life of a tree. There are two sessions:

11.00am session

2.00pm session

Let me meet you a tree.
What can you see?
Beneath the blue sky
as the summer floats by.

singing with blackbirds, marching through fallen leaves, smelling new blossom and feeling the wind on your cheeks. With beautiful singing and relaxing music at it’s core TREE will be an opportunity to unwind and have fun for new parents, carers and babies.

A bit about the company:

Hurly Burly offer new audiences positive and exciting first experiences of opera with the aim of inspiring a lifelong relationship with classical
music. The company was formed by classically trained singers Sarah Forbes and Catherine Carter following a commission from Celebrate
Voice Festival in 2016 to create a piece of theatre for babies. Hurly Burly creates interactive theatre for young audiences with existing
classical opera and song at the core of the work as well as incorporating physical theatre, improvisation, movement and spoken word. The
company create live performances that allow children and their grown- ups to engage and interact with classical music in an entirely age
appropriate environment with the space and freedom to experience and explore as individuals

You can find out more about them through a previous event they attended here.

At this years Lindfield Arts Festival there will be a Cellophane Live Art Installation outside Abbott’s chemist, in the High Street on 21st September. Sarah Gillings is a an award-winning multimedia and street artist who will create a wonderful street art piece using Cellograff. Cellograff is a technique where cellophane is stretched between any available support making paint ready surfaces, in this case Lindfield’s iconic Lime trees!

Cellograff provides the artist the freedom to create murals in a variety of new locations without the restriction of needing a wall. The translucent nature of the plastic adds a fascinating layer of visual complexity to the mural. Sarah’s Cellograff interventions typically involve inserting British wildlife into unexpected settings.

So come along and watch Sarah create a wonderful street art piece using just spray paint and cellophane wrapped around two trees!

More information about Sarah’s work can be found on her website here, her Instagram here or her Facebook page here.

This event is from 10:00am to 4:30pm on September 21 on Lindfield High Street

We have a terrific local Sussex line-up with Brighton Dan Evans as MC and compere with Mary Bourke from Ireland; Robert White, from Horsham and a BGT Runner-Up AND Pierre Hollins from Lewes Dan Evans | www.danevans.info For over a decade Dan’s accessible but childish surrealism has delighted audiences throughout the UK and Ireland. He’s also had his grammar corrected by Dutch and German crowds; performed for chubby sweating ex-pats in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Thailand, and is one of just two UK comics to play Hanoi, Vietnam.

He’s appeared on BBC 2’s ‘Brain Candy’, ‘Channel 5 at The Store’ and the Channel 5‘Comedy Zone’, Radio 2’s ‘Stand Up Show’ and ’28 acts in 28 minutes’ on Radio 4.

‘a favourite with audiences as well as with his notoriously hard-to-please comedic peers’ The Guardian

Mary Bourke is an award winning Irish comedian ,writer, playwright and highly acclaimed Irish dancer. She never learned to swim and hates garlic. She has seen actual ghosts. She has performed stand up comedy all over the world including The United States, The Philippines, Cambodia, New Zealand, Bahrain, Singapore ,Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Cambodia

Runner-up in Britain’s Got Talent 2018, Robert goes from strength to strength, securing a dedicated following of fans and working his way well up the ladder of comedy:Robert worked his way up the stand-up scene, starting in 2004 and found early success as a finalist in the prestigious Hackney Empire competition 2006, he has gone from strength to strength and in 2010 won the Malcolm Hardee main award at the Edinburgh Festival. He now is a sought after act who regularly performs in big clubs, little clubs, those in-between, theatres and festivals around the UK and abroad.

‘Just one of the funniest performers I’ve ever seen, I’ve never laughed like that !’ – David Walliams

‘You’re very unique, you’re very quirky, very funny, very naughty, Robert, which we like!’ – Simon Cowell

“surprisingly original, and funny…. exactly the sort of act who should win Britain’s Got Talent.” – The Daily Mail

‘He may sound like a niche act, but the musical comedian has managed to garner a wide appeal with his chaotic style and improvised musical skills.’ – The Sun

Addy van der Borgh has that rare talent of making people laugh as soon as he walks on stage. He is a great performer of highly acclaimed and original material, an ability noticed immediately by the BBC when he appeared on the ‘Stand-up Show’ on BBC1 after only one year as a comedian. He has subsequently appeared on ‘The World Stands Up’ and ‘Live at the Comedy Store’ for Comedy Central, and the BBC3 series from Baby Cow Productions, ‘Brain Candy’. He has also written and co-presented twenty episodes of ‘TV Meltdown’ for Sky 1 with Kirsty Gallacher (2004 / 2005), has acted in a number of voiceovers for radio and television and has appeared on many radio shows including multiple appearances on the legendary ‘Loose Ends’ on Radio 4

A handbell is rung by grasping it by the handle and moving the wrist, causing the clapper inside (which is on a hinge) to strike the outside of the bell, producing the sound. … Ringers can then put down and pick up bells as they are needed, and they can also use the tables themselves to create other effects.

Bells are polished frequently and occasionally sent back to their makers for tune-ups (literally) that involve grinding small bits of bronze from the bell to maintain the proper sounding pitch and overtones. But the primary way to keep bells safe from tarnish is to wear gloves when handling them.

Over twenty classic cars are promised for our classic car show which will take place on Saturday 21st September between 10.00am and 4.00pm, including an AC Cobra / Jaguars / MGs / Caterham 7 / Morgan / Minis / Toyota / Alvis and many many more! Come along and see the incredible collection of classic cars that will be on display! The display will be found on the High Street.

With three albums under his belt, and stints with Paul Jones and The Blues Band, and more recently with Tony Joe White, blues guitarist Jack Blackman is quickly establishing himself as a standout musician, songwriter and performer. He has performed his songs all across the country and as far as the Mississippi Delta and received accolades from the likes of BBC Radio 2s ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris, who described his guitar playing as ‘exceptional’ and folk guitar hero Martin Simpson who marvelled, ‘At last! A brilliant young guitarist coming through’,

A rapidly rising star of the blues guitar, singer-songwriter Jack Blackman provides original contemporary blues numbers flavoured with folk and country (elements of Dylan and Tom Petty in the mix too) for a highly original fusion of styles underpinned by his accomplished guitar playing and his smooth vocals – which one reviewer described as “reminiscent of Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook” – and songwriting hooks.

Book Now An evening of amazing Blues & Rock with Aynsley and his band.

Regarded as one of the UK’s finest proponents of rocking blues, Aynsley will perform up close and personal in our wonderful King Edward Hall. His solo performances are the perfect platform to witness his amazing abilities and with his band, we will be able to enjoy an incredible evening of Blues and Rock.

Multi-Award Winning Blues-Rock Guitarist, Singer & Songwriter

Winner of “Best Songwriter” & “Best Song (for Home)” in the 2014 British Blues Awards. Currently nominated for “Best Guitarist” & “Male Vocalist” in this year’s awards. Voting and information at http://www.britishbluesawards.com. “Tower Sessions” voted “Best Live Album” in the 2011 Blues Matters Writers’ Poll.

Whether passionately writing and recording his own material or mesmerising audiences at his live shows one thing is abundantly clear: music is hard-wired to his DNA and flows from his fingertips like sonic bolts of lightning. With in excess of 100,000 albums sold, lashings of critical acclaim and years of high profile touring, Lister’s resumé speaks for itself and firmly secures his position as a leading light in the resurgence of British blues-infused music.

We are a community group based in Haywards Heath and meet on the second and fourth Monday of the month at the United Services Club and regularly get between 30 and 40 players at our sessions. We play and sing a wide range of popular songs and welcome players of all abilities, including absolute beginners.

Our song books and contact details can be downloaded from our website, www.wups.info which also has a link to our Facebook page .

This event is from 6:00pm to 7:00pm on September 20 at the Bent Arms Function Room

We are delighted to welcome Liane Carroll to All Saints Church as part of the 2019 Lindfield Arts Festival line-up!

Liane has been a pillar of the British jazz and soul scene for over thirty-five years. Born in London and raised in Hastings; from the beginning of her musical career at the age of fifteen, she has dedicated her life to creating a deep and abiding connection with audiences all over the world through her exceptional talent, versatility and ability to truly interpret a song.

Along the way she has collaborated with such diverse artists as Paul McCartney, Gerry Rafferty, Long John Baldry, Ian Shaw, Claire Martin OBE and drum and bass outfit London Elektricity. Her illustrious career has seen her tour the world including an appearance at New York’s renowned ‘Jazz at the Lincoln Centre’, being awarded an highly coveted ‘BASCA Gold Badge Award for Services to British Music’ (2017), appearing at The Royal Albert Hall for the BBC Proms (2016) and being a regular headline performer at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London for more than 25 years. Liane’s most recent album ‘The Right to Love’ (2017) reached no.1 in the iTunes jazz charts and received rave reviews including four stars from The Guardian, The Irish Times and The Evening Standard.

Equally at home in intimate jazz venues and vast performance spaces, Liane maintains a hectic touring schedule and is in much demand at home and abroad.

Join us for an evening of music with Liane Carroll at All Saints Church, Lindfield on Thursday 19th September 2019!